Child&#39;s outer garment



Filed April 14, 1945 Patented Feb. 17, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEGHILDS OUTER GARMENT Leonard A. Forkish, New York, N. Y.

Application April 14, 1945, Serial No. 588,384

1 Claim; 1

The invention relates to improvements in childs outer garments and hasfor its primary object the provision of an improved garment of thecharacter indicated, which is of simple construction and highlyefficient in use.

' Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention will be best understood by refernce to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of .the specification and in which- Fig. 1 is afront view of a garment embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a rear view of the same;

Fig. 3, a perspective sectional view of the same; and

Fig. 4, a detailed section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1 illustratingthe method of attachment between the suspender straps and the bib of thegarment.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings comprises alower body portion IB having the leg portions I I and deep side openingsdetachably closed by means of three snap fasteners I 2 at each opening,as indicated. As best indicated in Fig. 3, the side openings of thegarment extend downwardly from the waist portions thereof to pointssubstantially level with the crotch l3 of the garment when the same isdistended by use, and whereby the rear flap of the garment is capable ofdropping completely in use so as to give free access to'the undergarments at the rear.

A bib I4 is formed at the front upper portion of the garment body andsuspender straps [5 are permanently secured to the top edge of said bib.As best indicated in Fig. 4, the bib IA is of double thickness ofmaterial and the ends l5 of the straps l5 are secured between them,thereby providing a strong and durable connection for the suspenderstraps. As shown, plaits H are formed in the upper front of the bodyportion I 0 directly under the ends l6, whereby a desirable support anddistribution is afforded for the strains upon the garment at thesepoints. At the rear, the body portion I0 is provided with other plaitsl8, and snap fasteners l9 are secured to said plaits to cooperate withsnap fasteners 20 on the rear ends of the straps l5, using the upper orlowermost fastening 20 on the snap fasteners l9 shown in Figure 3, aswill be readily understood. By this arrangement three thicknesses ofcloth are thus provided for mounting the snap fasteners I9 making astrong, distributive and adjustable connection for the rear ends of thesuspender straps. By permanently securing the suspender straps to thebib of the garment at the front, and detachably securing them at therear, said detachable attachment cannot be readily loosened by a child,which is a desirable feature when the garment is employed as a child'soverall, crawler, suit, snow suit, wash suit, or cover-all. The specificform and arrangement of parts disclosed is a simple and effective onefor the purpose.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying the invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation. and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise detailsdisclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations andmodifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A child's outer garment comprising a lower body portion; a bib portionof double thickness at the top of the front of said body portion;shoulder straps attached to both of the upper outer corners of said bibportion and joined in cross relation intermediate their ends; aplurality of snap fastener members carried at the outer ends of saidstraps; a downward opening rear flap portion folding transversely at aline substantially level with the crotch; two plaits of triple thicknessof material arranged in spaced relation at the top of said rear flapportion having snap fastener members secured thereto, arranged andadapted for detachably connecting said rear flap with said bib and foradjusting said garment to a wearer.

LEONARD A. FORKISH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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